A Cities: Skylines player has sparked debate on Steam after posting a negative review with nearly 30,000 hours of playtime accumulated, which amounts to more than seven hours a day for eleven years. In their critique, they describe the title as the most frustrating and exasperating of their life. They argue that constant updates ruin the experience if the game is modded, something they consider essential because they find the original version unbearable, with cartoonish pastel colors and absurd buildings.
The conflict between patches and mods in Cities: Skylines 🛠️
The technical issue pointed out by the user is recurring in titles with mod support. Each official update breaks compatibility with hundreds of mods, forcing creators to manually update their work. In Cities: Skylines, the dependence on these modifications is so high that many players consider the base game an incomplete product. The lack of a patch system that preserves mod stability is a frequent complaint in the community, and this extreme case illustrates it starkly.
Eleven years of suffering: the masochistic player 😅
It's curious that someone would dedicate eleven years to a game they hate, seven hours a day. They could have learned to play the guitar, climbed Everest, or simply played something else. But no. They preferred to build virtual cities while cursing every pastel pixel. Perhaps their next negative review on Steam will be for a game they spend 60,000 hours on. Meanwhile, we'll keep wondering if the problem is the game or their ability to let go of the mouse.